Umeå Economic Studies, Department of Economics, Umeå University
No 701:
The effect of health care expenditure on sickness absence
David Granlund ()
Abstract: Based on data from a panel of the Swedish municipalities
during 1993-2004, the effects of public health care expenditure on absence
from work due to sickness or disability were studied using an instrumental
variable method. Public health care expenditure had no significant effect
on absence due to sickness or disability and the standard errors were small
enough to rule out all but a minimal effect. The same result was obtained
when separate estimates were done for men and women and for absence due to
sickness and disability.
Keywords: health care expenditure; sick leave; disability; worker absenteeism; dynamic panel data models; endogeneity; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: H51; I12; J22; (follow links to similar papers)
30 pages, January 16, 2007, Revised April 13, 2007
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